Hundreds kept waiting at port

Hundreds kept waiting at port

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people were kept waiting for over five hours on Monday after the Kambuna and Sirimau were late to arrive at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta.

Many passengers arriving in time for the scheduled departure were forced to wait outside due to the limited capacity of the port's passenger terminal.

The boats were initially scheduled to depart at 3 p.m. Port officials failed to announce the delay or the revised departure time, Antara reported.

"I'm confused...my ticket states that the ship should have departed at 3 p.m., but now it's 5 p.m. and the ships have not yet arrived," one waiting passenger said.

The two inter-island ferries arrived in the port at 5:40 p.m. and finally left at 8 p.m. (hhr)